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Great circle / Maggie Shipstead.

Shipstead, Maggie, (author.).

Summary:
"Great Circle ranges from Prohibition-era Montana to the wilds of Alaska to wartime London to modern Los Angeles in an epic tale of two extraordinary women whose fates collide across geographies and centuries. After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe and piloting her plane over the North and South Poles. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance in Antarctica. Vibrant, canny, chafing at the claustrophobia of Hollywood, Hadley is eager to re-define herself after a romantic film franchise has imprisoned her in the grip of cult celebrity. Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds, thrillingly, alongside Marian's own story, as the two womens' fates--and their hunger for self-determination in vastly different geographies and times--collide. Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Maggie Shipstead."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525656975
  • ISBN: 0525656979
  • ISBN: 9781984897701
  • ISBN: 1984897705
  • Physical Description: 593 pages : map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, ©2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
"Read with Jenna" -- Front cover.
Subject: Women > Fiction.
Women air pilots > Fiction.
Pilots and pilotage > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Actresses > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 73 of 78 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 78 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library FICTION SHIPSTE (Text) 50687011731638 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION SHIPSTE (Text) 50686015718831 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F SHI (Text) 37268003102167 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F SHI (Text) 33240004881457 Adult Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library F SHI (Text) 75011000353141 Adult Fiction Available -
Bernville Area Community Library SHI (Text) 33249023877495 Fiction Available -
Blossburg Memorial Library F SHI (Text) 30063000272122 Adult Fiction Available -
Boone Area Library SHI (Text) 33249024500195 Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION Shi (Text) 85131001764365 CACM Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION SHIPSTE (Text) 50688010793827 Adult Fiction Checked Out 04/10/2024


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